Kara is used as a family name or surname in Turkey. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kara
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Turkey
Meaning: Typically Turkish, the name matches the Qara adjective (= black).

How popular is Kara?

Kara is common in Turkey.

Kara is ranked 1260 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Karas grew by 22.35734 per cent to 1308 since 2000 and ranked 20322 after elevating 2139 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.6 80.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 12.16 10.1
Hispanic or Latino 3.82 3.37
Black 3.75 2.15
Others 2.68 4.3
Kara is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Turkey which signifies that it is originated from Turkey. Around 421353 people have been found who wears Kara as their family name. Kara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,563 Nigeria7
13,220 Thailand6
83 Chad6
8,582 Japan6
3,259 Ivory Coast5
812 Monaco5
4,921 Uganda5
2,011 South Korea4
1,171 Grenada4
2,537 Afghanistan4
2,672 Mozambique3
3,841 Bosnia3
1,169 Montenegro3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
7,993 Jordan3
4,529 Mauritius3
46,068 Philippines3
7,294 Kuwait3
810 Mali3
1,848 Madagascar2
4,744 Macedonia2
14,621 Croatia2
3,014 Taiwan2
3,791 Namibia2
4,164 Vietnam2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
2,705 Togo2
3,437 Sudan2
472 Tonga1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
353 Cook Islands1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,613 The Bahamas1
2,190 Barbados1
10,958 Bangladesh1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
510 East Timor1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
9,591 Panama1
2,024 Mongolia1
3,307 Malta1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
971 Seychelles1
11,923 Slovenia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
6,212 Jamaica1
5,467 Haiti1
4,249 Cambodia1
1,542 Andorra1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
5,671 Mauritania47
29,242 Zimbabwe46
15,936 Kyrgyzstan41
3,291 Armenia36
10,455 Georgia35
21,901 Chile27
1,555 Iceland25
2,308 China19
15,050 Singapore18
5,118 Senegal11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,637 Estonia92
50,444 Argentina90
8,986 Norway85
29,679 Spain84
8,101 Serbia75
4,774 Latvia73
7,449 Scotland66
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Kara:
9,521 Iran921
840 Turkmenistan829
1,569 Hungary818
5,752 Canada755
1,525 Austria629
4,234 Netherlands620
20,574 Brazil620
5,603 Saudi Arabia616
4,264 Kazakhstan615
1,209 Lebanon586
6,464 Australia447
10,744 Tanzania438
4,246 Belgium408
2,878 Israel401
4,548 Czech Republic380
11,880 Mexico366
3,294 Switzerland351
2,375 Finland350
27,478 Italy347
3,180 United Arab Emirates321
7,729 Ghana320
254 Cyprus309
2,447 New Zealand308
2,858 Denmark207
6,220 Tunisia198
8,152 Belarus190
10,151 Malaysia177
5,678 Sweden167
3,334 Portugal166
3,257 Albania148
13,504 Romania146
4,581 Lithuania135
1,946 Qatar126
8,562 Slovakia124
3,249 Azerbaijan112
Countries with thousands of Kara:
915 Germany7,868
790 Iraq5,317
675 Syria4,703
1,547 South Africa4,310
494 Burkina Faso4,308
166 Papua New Guinea3,736
1,419 Ukraine3,589
279 Greece3,367
5,684 Russia3,349
1,666 Poland3,198
2,322 France3,147
2,865 Pakistan2,766
2,442 Kenya2,354
2,402 Morocco2,081
3,696 England2,049
16,862 United States1,958
408 Libya1,687
8,158 Indonesia1,603
2,016 Malawi1,467
239 Moldova1,413
3,485 Uzbekistan1,135
5,670 Egypt1,124
891 Bulgaria1,005
Countries with ten thousands of Kara:
119 Algeria27,312
2,974 India18,082
Countries with hundred thousands of Kara:
13 Turkey293,680
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Comments

M
Marvin Badger
Kara is a Basque origin of surname, appointed lime that name indicates the location of the house.

Kara Namesakes

  • Dilek Aba Karayalcin, Actor
  • Abdürrahim Karakoç, Poet
  • Abril Karas, Actor
  • Sudheer Karamana, Film actor
  • Achilles Karamanlis, Konstantinos Karamanlis' brother
  • Adama Karaguera, Actor
  • Kâni Karaca, Singer
  • Mevlüt Karakaya, Politician
  • Adeena Karasick, Poet
  • Adel Karam, Actor
  • Melis Kara characterized critical character of Oya in 2013 drama film Halam Geldi.
  • Rita Kara, from 0 comedy flick Lost in Paradise: Luchsinger and the Gods, who portrayed Katie.
  • In 1956 romance flick, Sevda sahilleri, Mustafa Kara played N.

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